I got close!
This close:
And then it broke down again…
I shouldn’t have pushed for the deadline i suppose…
Also, i was warned about these TIRs that they eat domes…
It turns out they really do…
Oh well, i’ll get it fixed, but not in the coming days…
WASTED:
1 driver for nothing (so i now have a light without one…)
2 Nichia’s (Yes, they do have a very nice colour rendering )
1 TIR (eaten by superglue)
1 switch (oh well…)
1 tiny alu knob (I have 3 more, which is one too few for what i bought them for…)
Okay, that alu knobby might end up being used eventually, but it’s not easy to suspend it in position with no space…
In all, stock flaslight parts used:
switch
tailspring
TIR
What more is there to say?
I’m obviously very disappointed because it only worked for half an hour or so…
I have a ground / minus pole problem too now…
It doesn’t turn off… :~
This means: Yes, the LED still works!
Only purple / blue…
The TIR took the dome with the dye clean off…
(Didn’t expect it to be that purple though.)
Nothing more to say.
Preparing for France now, leaving wednesday.
I made quite a mess here because of this build-off
Aaanyway, thanks for watching and moral support, laughs and tips !
Next time it will be even better.
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Hi all,
Latest developments (click)
As it is my first flashlight build ever, I decided to keep it tiny.
It will be an AAA flashlight.
Just a simple tube, maybe a slightly larger head, but the plan is a tube, straight and simple.
edit:
That’s a bit boring, isn’t it?
So i decided to give it a 90° head
I bought some AAA step up drivers earlier, but they push a whopping 500mA, which is about 2 Watts, which is at least 1 A drawn from an AAA, probably even more from a NiMH.
Cant see any resistor to change or something.
So I might be putting some stuff together myself (recycled stuff), top it off with a single 7135, make it 1 Watt, which is still quite a lot for an AAA flashlight i.m.o.
Maybe one of you has a great idea?
edit:
I found a 10mm driver Problem solved.
But it may be a bit too low power for my liking, we’ll see.
But first I make the body.
It’s small enough to cut threads with a simple hand threading set
I have “1/4BSP19” here.
That’s very close to the edges indeed…
I also want to try for the first time, to anodize the body.
I already have the battery acid and the demi water.
I even have black textile dye stuff. (Never dyed them favourite jeans afterall…)
edit:
Who knows i will have the time for that too, because i’m running late with this project…
It sometimes takes some time to come up with solutions.